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Now that the holiday that officially sanctions gluttony is over, we can get down to really important things, like buying stuff for Christmas. Retailers are licking their chops as we speak. Black Friday and Cyber Monday will ultimately give way to “Whoopsie Wednesday” (12/22) and “I can’t find anything I want Friday” (12/24). As...
Today is the last day you can register to vote for the upcoming November elections. If you haven’t registered yet, you can download the form here and mail it to your county election commission. The form must be postmarked Oct. 4th for you to be eligible. Early voting starts in about two weeks and...
I’ve been a posting fool today y’all. Actually, I started writing last night, but I shouldn’t pull the veil back too far, you might see all my secrets. Anyway, as I am a fairly violent typist, my fingers are killing me. What I mean by violent, is that I type very hard on the...
This morning’s Commercial Appeal reports that Memphis Mayor A C Wharton is taking steps to “revamp” the way the City government does business. To that end he’s established a Strategic Business Model Assessment Committee comprised of elected officials, business leaders, and activists charged with evaluating what we’re doing now and ways to do it...
You can look at this a couple of different ways. It’s the final day of the workweek, it’s the final day of the month or it’s my cohort, Steve Ross’ first day of finals at the University of Memphis. I’m old enough not to have finals anymore. As we get older, it is called...
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton released an amendment to the complaint against Wells Fargo. The suit accuses Wells Fargo with deceptive business practices, predatory lending, and a deliberate attempt to add unnecessary expenses to the loans. Most of this information was found through the testimony of four former employees. The amended complaint also lists...
Memphis Mayor AC Wharton has a plan to bring banking to areas that don’t have banks: According to the Pew Research Center, there are between 30,000 and 50,000 people in Shelby County right now who do not use any kind of mainstream financial institution. Bill payments, utility payments, and loans are transacted at title...
From the Mayor’s Blog: Today at noon, the City of Memphis will file it’s application for Google Fiber,the vast “superbroadband” fiber optic network that Google is offering to develop for some lucky city. We believe that Memphis is the ideal candidate city – we’re already a global distribution center that connects the world’s commerce,...
Yes, it’s March Madness time, but I’m not really talking about basketball. Sure, the tournament is going on, and lots of people are taking lots of time off work and other responsibilities to load up on college basketball before it goes away until the fall. Nope, while I love me some basketball, what’s been...
Well, not everyone is. I am, and lots of my friends are, but the GOP? Not so much. Check out this little missive from the Shelby County GOP. Cute guys…errr, your creativity has expired. Word on the street is that President Obama will sign the bill passed by the House on Sunday some time...